Madness?? This is Bordeaaauux!

Am schimbat putin deja celebra replica din filmul "300", pentru a sublinia mai bine nebunia care domina campania 2009 din Bordeaux. Am anticipat eu bine ca preturile vor sari calul si vor depasi nivelul din 2005, dar nu ma asteptam sa se ajunga pana aici. Din pacate, vor fi prea putine valori de gasit in 2009, cel putin pentru consumatorul obisnuit de vin. Bordeaux a devenit un soi de Wall Street cu circuit inchis, destinat doar celor cu foarte mare dare de mana. S-a ajuns ca pana si 2005, anul mult mai bine vazut in continuare, sa devina o Mecca a celor care cauta vinuri destinate consumului si nu investitiei. Imi permit sa preiau o lista a noilor lansari din 2009 de pe excelentul blog Bordoverview. Nu cred ca va fi nevoie de traducere; cititi si observati cum functioneaza lacomia adevarata, ca altfel nu pot sa caracterizez ceea ce se intampla.

- LEOVILLE-POYFERRE ± € 100 (+172% on 08 | +50% on 05 | +154% on 00)
(the result of the Parker 97-100 score)
- LA MISSION HAUT-BRION ± € 740! (+336%! on 2008)
(enormously overpriced wine…)
- LATOUR ± € 825! (+361,5%! on 2008)
(even out-pricing last week's Lafite)
- MONTROSE ± € 150 (+157% on 08 | +64% on 05 | +177% on 00)
(also as a result of a very good rating)
- PICHON BARON ± € 125 (+109% on 08 | +15% on 05 | +114% on 00)
(thus less extreme actually...)
- PALMER ± € 296 (+153% on 08 | +43% on 05 | +139% on 00)
(glad there's Alter Ego which is great too)
- LA CONSEILLANTE ± € 191 (+233% on 08 | +77% on 05 | +51% on 00)
(another wine that has just become out of reach)
- CANON ± € 125 (+150% on 08 | +67% on 05 | +120% on 00)
(bigger raise then sibling Rauzan-Ségla, they came from same price)
- MARGAUX ± € 740 (+315,4% on 2008)
(modest compared to Latour… if the word modest is applicable here)
- PAPE CLEMENT ± € 128 (+42% on 08 | +3% on 05 | +127% on 00)
(seriously modest from Bernard - Billboard - Magrez)
- DUCRU-BEAUCAILLOU ± € 248 (+188% on 08 | +67% on 05 | +213% on 00)
(painful, way too high, doesn't spark much interest from buyers)
- FIGEAC ± € 220 (+290% on 08 | +127% on 05 | +240% on 00)
(miscalculation from a wine dreaming of promotion to 1er GCC-A?)
- PICHON COMTESSE ± € 174 (+223% on 08 | +52% on 05 | +119% on 00)
(trying to cock a snook at the Baron? sad...)
- HAUT-BRION ± € 825 (+300% on 2008)
(following Latour, not Lafite and Margaux)
- ANGÉLUS ± € 289 (+256% on 08 | +36% on 05 | +110% on 00)
(the lunacy continues)
- COS D'ESTOURNEL ± € 289 (+223% on 08 | +75% on 05 | +265% on 00)
(some people said this price wasn't as bad as expected)
- d'YQUEM ± € 740 (+237,5% on 2008)
(in line with Lafite and Margaux)
- LÉOVILLE-LAS-CASES ± € 298 (+173% on 08 | +20% on 05 | +137% on 00)
(also as expected, monumental wine)
- CHEVAL BLANC ± € 960 (+133% on the 2008)
(who can buy this? but I'd really like to drink it…)
- VIEUX CHATEAU CERTAN ± € 215 (+311% on 08 | +63% on 05 | +117% on 00)
(extreme raise, for this brilliant wine)

Intre timp, Chateau Ausone s-a aliniat dementei si vinul din 2009 va fi gasit la comercianti undeva intre 1350-1500 Euro/sticla!

Aceasta situatie ma face sa-mi regandesc complet strategia vis-a-vis de Bordeaux. Voi cauta doar vinurile din ani trecuti cu vederea dar calitativi, in special nume mari din recolte ca 2004, 2006 sau 2008. Iar cu putin noroc, ma voi axa si mai mult pe sticle din anii '70,'80 sau '90 si care beneficiaza, in continuare, de preturi extrem de bune. Deja un Chateau Latour din anii '80 sau '90, la un pret putin peste 200 Euro/sticla poate fi considerat un mizilic...

Pentru a reveni putin cu picioarele pe pamant, ne vom delecta in sferturile Mondialelor cu doua meciuri de infarct: Brazilia-Olanda si Argentina-Germania!

Go, Argentina, go!!